Cool morning.
Started heater & fixed Bfast. Waited till the sun warmed temps a bit & washed the bike w/ cold h2o, just to get the mud off & clean the drive train.
The Tinton Trail sure was fun, perhaps a harbinger of the midwest with the tread & type of trail.
Drove back to Rushmore Mountain Sports in Spearfish to talk to Jesse before I choose next ride. I am interested in the Centennial Trail as IMBA pasted all kinds of glory about the section in the trees. I wanted to see a showcase trail design.
Christy, Perry Jewitt’s wife, gave me local beta. Good ride.
Drove to TH which is x I-90 from Vet Cemetary & on Ft Meade property. At TH only tent camping.
Trail went underneath I-90 thru a culvert:
The trail was a good design but I have been on others I thought slightly better. I noticed that there was very little outsloping to sluff off the h2o.
It undulated thru P-Pine:
Fall colors are starting to show:
This trail had poison ivy like the North Fork of the Umpqua had poison oak. So far no reaction.
Had lunch @ TH. Cleaned hydration bladder w/ denture tabs to kill anything living in bladder as I never empty it and dry it out. Not city h2o.
Drove to XG & bought shower for $3.00, the price hostles charge as the woman didn’t know what to charge.
Drove to Sturgis, parked outside motorcycle museum creating this. Maybe I’ll find the Harley plant as I leave town.
Next stop is North Dakota for Maah Daah Hey trail part, then a long drive X the state for Minnesota.
Gotta go. Badlands of the Dakotas.